Title XVIII, Public Health

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky recognizes and hereby declares that it is an essential function, duty and responsibility of the government of this Commonwealth to adequately safeguard the health of all its citizens, and to establish, maintain, implement, prom…

(1) As used in KRS 211.005 to 211.380, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; (b) "Farmstead" means a farm dwelling, together with other farm buildings and structures incident to the operation and maintenance of the …

Except as otherwise provided by law, the cabinet shall administer all provisions of law relating to public health; shall enforce all public health laws and all regulations of the secretary; shall supervise and assist all local boards of health and departments; shall do all other …

The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of KRS 213.101 and 213.106 and KRS 311.710 to 311.810, which shall be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission in a manner prescribed in KRS Chapter 13A…

The secretary shall: (1) Appoint county and district boards of health pursuant to KRS 212.020 and 212.850; (2) Establish rules and promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A necessary to regulate and control all matters set forth in KRS 211.180 to th…

(1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a restricted fund. (2) The fund shall consist of moneys received from donations, grants, gifts, state appropriations, and federal funds. (3) The fund shall be administered by the Department for Public Health. (4) Moneys in the…

Kentucky Maternal and Infant Health Collaborative -- Establishment -- Purposes -- Annual report. (1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall, in cooperation with maternal and infant health and mental health professional societies: (a) Develop written information on perin…

Administrative regulations. (1) The Kentucky Maternal Psychiatry Access Program, also known as the Kentucky Lifeline for Moms, is hereby established. The purpose of the program shall be to help health care practitioners in the Commonwealth meet the needs of a mother with mental i…

(1) As used in this section, "female genital mutilation" has the same meaning as in KRS 508.125. (2) The Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall: (a) Develop and produce educational materials regarding female genital mutilation, the health…

As used in KRS 211.130 to 211.160, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Cabinet" shall mean the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; (2) "Secretary" shall mean the secretary for health and family services; (3) "An individual with a severe physical disability" shall mean…

The purpose of KRS 211.130 to 211.160 is to provide for the acceptance, custody, and use, by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, of funds and properties that may be given, granted, contributed, donated, bequeathed, devised, and conveyed for the hospitalization, training, education, and…

educable. To the extent that funds are made available, the cabinet may establish, provide, and maintain facilities and services, including hospital-schools and related medical and nursing care, and vocational, academic, and recreational training, instruction, and education, for i…

persons. (1) The secretary for health and family services may, from the funds available, employ, by contract or otherwise such medical, clinical, technical, and other personnel that he deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of KRS 211.130 to 211.160, and fix and pay their com…

professionals who agree to serve in federally designated health professional shortage areas. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall establish a loan repayment program to repay educational loans for primary health-care professionals who agree to serve in federally design…

In relation to local health departments, the cabinet shall, among other things: (1) Establish policies governing the activities and practices of such departments; (2) Supervise their financial, personnel, program, administrative and other functions; (3) Establish standards of ope…

As used in KRS 211.1751 to 211.1755: (1) "Agency" means a local health department established pursuant to the provisions of KRS Chapter 212, excluding a health department in a county containing a city of the first class, a consolidated local government, an urban-county health dep…

(1) The Local Health Department Employment Personnel Council is hereby created. The council shall be composed of five (5) members appointed by the secretary for health and family services. (2) Members of the council shall serve for a term of three (3) years or until successors ar…

(1) The cabinet shall administer a personnel program for local health departments based on the principles of merit governing the recruitment, examination, appointment, discipline, removal, and other incidents of employment for county, city-county, and district agencies. (2) The c…

Inspection fees -- Hearing. (1) The cabinet shall enforce the administrative regulations promulgated by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for the regulation and control of the matters set out below and shall formulate, promote, establish, and execute pol…

(1) For the purposes of this section, "cancer" means all malignant neoplasms regardless of the tissue of origin, including malignant lymphoma and leukemia. (2) No person, other than a licensed medical or osteopathic physician, or dentist, shall in any manner hold himself out to a…

Health and Family Services. (1) It shall be the duty of the cabinet to enforce the provisions of KRS 211.182, and for that purpose the investigators, inspectors, representatives, and agents of the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the cabinet shall have …

As used in KRS 211.185 to 211.187: (1) "Agency" means a local health department established in any county in the Commonwealth pursuant to KRS Chapter 212, including a health department in a county containing a city of the first class, a health department in a county with a consol…

statewide base funding level and funding level for each public health service provider -- Eligibility for receipt of funds -- Administrative regulations -- Recordkeeping and submission of information. (1) In determining the total amount of funds to be allocated for the delivery o…

Recordkeeping and submission of information. (1) As long as core public health programs are funded and implemented, local public health priorities, as defined in KRS 211.185, may be provided by the agency and shall meet the following criteria: (a) Demonstrate data-driven needs; (…

for Aging and Independent Living. (1) The Department for Aging and Independent Living shall collaborate with the Department for Public Health and the Alzheimer's Association of Greater Kentucky and Southern Indiana to update and incorporate into the materials the Department for A…

The cabinet shall provide public health services including: (1) Administrative, consultative, technical, professional, and other services needed to assist local health departments in the effective maintenance and operation of their departments; (2) Administrative, investigative, …

By whom -- When. (1) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Down syndrome" means a chromosomal condition caused by cell division that results in the presence of an extra whole or partial copy of chromosome 21; and (b) "Spina bifida" means a neural tube defect, the most common of …

allowing local health departments to participate in telehealth and receive reimbursement. The Department for Public Health may develop programs for local health departments to participate in telehealth and to seek reimbursement for services as provided for other health care provi…

emergency or when county lacks adequate local health department. Whenever, in the opinion of the secretary for health and family services, a public health emergency exists in any county, or whenever any county fails to establish, maintain, and operate a local health department th…

Class A and Class B pools -- Alternative lifeguard staffing plans -- Exemptions -- Administrative regulations. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Class A" means any pool or bathing facility intended for or used by the general public for recreational use; and (b) "Class B" means an…

Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations. (1) For the purposes of this section, "splash pad" means an artificially constructed public recreation area for water play over which water is sprayed but is not allowed to pool. (2) The Cabinet for Health and Family Servi…

The cabinet may examine into all nuisances, sources of filth and causes of sickness that may in its opinion be injurious to the health of the inhabitants in any county in this state, or in any vessel within any harbor or port in any county in this state. Whenever any such nuisanc…

process. For the purposes of enforcing the public health laws of the Commonwealth, investigators, inspectors, officers, representatives, and agents of the cabinet may enter upon any premises when necessary for the purpose of making inspections and investigations, and may view evi…

testify. In case of a failure on the part of any person, firm, or corporation to comply with any lawful order of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, or with process or in case of the refusal of any witness to testify concerning any matter on which he may be lawfully inter…

County, Commonwealth's attorneys, and the Attorney General, shall, within their respective jurisdictions, prosecute all violations of the penal provisions of the public health laws of this Commonwealth.

While retaining the right to vote as he may please and to express privately his opinion of all political subjects and issues, neither the commissioner for health services nor any employee of the department shall take any active part in political management or political campaigns,…

Any person who is aggrieved by any ruling, decision or action of the cabinet on other than matters of internal administration may appeal to the secretary within thirty (30) days after said ruling, decision or action, by filing with the secretary a written complaint setting out th…

All officers, assistants and employees of the cabinet shall be paid their necessary traveling expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official and cabinet duties.

(1) The cabinet may receive and accept gifts and endowments of every kind including gifts and endowments for special purposes and may receive grants from the federal government. Moneys acquired through gifts, endowments or grants shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the cr…

(1) There is hereby created the alcohol wellness and responsibility education fund, which shall provide moneys on a matching basis for educational information and materials that deter or eliminate underage drinking. The fund shall consist of moneys generated from one percent (1%)…

health services. (1) The Department for Public Health shall provide fifty percent (50%) of the costs for the position created in KRS 156.501(2). The Department for Public Health may enter into a contractual arrangement, such as a Memorandum of Agreement, with the Department of Ed…

As used in KRS 211.295 to 211.297: (1) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; (2) "Council" means the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council established under KRS 211.296; (3) "Health facility" has the same meaning as in KRS 216B.015; (4) "Medical…

(1) The Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council is hereby established to improve the quality and delivery of patient- and family-centered care throughout the Commonwealth and to advise the cabinet on matters related to the establishment, maintenance, operation, and out…

Program. (1) The statewide Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program is hereby established within the cabinet. (2) The goals of the Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program shall be to maximize the effectiveness…

As used in KRS 211.332 to 211.338, unless context otherwise requires: (1) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; (2) "Health care service" means health care procedures, treatments, or services rendered by a provider within the scope of practice for which the …

telehealth -- Administrative regulations -- Study and annual report on impact of telehealth on care in state. (1) The cabinet, in consultation with the Division of Telehealth Services within the Office of Inspector General as established in KRS 194A.105, shall: (a) Provide guidan…

telehealth terminology. (1) Within thirty (30) days of July 14, 2022, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to add a definition of "temporarily located" to the glossary of telehealth terminology r…

telehealth -- Restrictions. If a state agency authorized or required to promulgate administrative regulations relating to telehealth chooses to promulgate an administrative regulation relating to telehealth, the state agency: (1) Shall: (a) Use terminology consistent with the glo…

Claims. Nothing in KRS 211.332 to 211.338 shall be interpreted or construed to limit the authority of the Department of Workers’ Claims to promulgate administrative regulations governing the delivery of health care services via telehealth or digital health pursuant to KRS Chapter…

As used in KRS 211.340 to 211.343, unless the context requires otherwise, "department" means the Department for Public Health.